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= Havmor = Havmor ice creams currently owned by Lotte, it is the second largest ice cream manufacturer in the country. which was started in 1944 in Karachi, Pakistan and was established by Mr Satish Chona and carry forward by Mr Pradeep Chona, followed by his son Mr. Ankit Chona who is responsible for the sale of Havmor ice creams to Lotte confectionaries. It has accelerated from one ice cream parlour to more than 200 outlets along with more than 51 eateries and 40000+ distributors and as an expansion policy, it operates in 14 states.

History
The very first step towards Havmor was taken in 1944 by Mr. Satish Chona who was an engineer working at British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) which is now known as The British Airways. He decided to initiate with an ice-cream shop. It started in Karachi, Pakistan, named Havmor. It was purely a part time venture to supplement the family’s income but it soon grew into a popular brand. In 1947, during the India Pakistan partition it faced a lot of problems as Mr Satish Chona and his family had to give up all the wealth in Karachi and migrate to India overnight for safety.

Mr chona tried to set up the business in many Indian cities like Dehradun and Indore but then eventually he decided to establish an ice cream parlour in Ahmedabad as there the weather conditions are warm and sunny for most time of the year. Which means that there will be higher sale of ice cream So, Mr. Chona started the operations of Havmor with only 200 rupees. In a handcart he use to go around and nearby Ahmedabad railway station. He and his wife Mrs. Nirmal chona use to churn ice cream everynight so that Mr Chona can sell it in the morning. To increase the revenues he borrowed a friend’s cycle and went around the city to sell the ice cream. Mr chona believed in three principles:Acchai (Goodness), Sachhai (Truthfulness) and Safai (Cleanliness) – that helped him lay a solid foundation for the business.

Production Facilities:
Havmor Industries has one ice cream production house which is situated at Naroda in Ahmedabad. The production capacity of Havmor ice cream is 200,000 LPD (Liters per day) with  their hi-tech plants which are ISO 22000:2005 certified which they are planning to increase this capacity to 3, 50,000 LPD. Havmor has a very strong distribution network with almost 40,000 distributors in 14 states of India. It even has more than 200 outlets wide spread in four states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Through franchise route Havmor has got 51 eateries for selling their various ice creams and food products. It has 160+ products across mass market and premium ranges and this number is increasing with research and introduction to new products every month.

Products:
Havmor is one of the biggest Indian brand serving more than 160 different flavors of ice cream, ready to eat products, novelties and kulfies. Havmor as a company has always given priority to the Quality of products.

Ice Cream:
The ice cream produced by Havmor contains purest milk and finest ingredients. The ingredients are handpicked and the production is done on their hi-tech plant which is ISO 22000:2005 certified. The special thing that this company gives to the customers is their seasonal flavor ice cream known as “Flavor of the Month”. Every quarter they introduce three different flavors out of which one is a seasonal fresh fruit flavor. For example they have produced three flavors in January 2017 namely Chikiwala, Dulce Crunch and a fruit flavor i.e. Fresh orange. Apart from producing various flavors of ice cream, they provide sundaes like crunchy munchy, as well as readymade ice creams in single and double cups, even bars like almond mocha blockbuster, ice cream sandwich and even produce cakes like strawberry cheesecake, black forest, golden fantasy etc. Some of the highlights are the Choco block cone and the Kiwi ice candy. They also serve sugar-free ice creams in flavors like cranberry, kesar pista and classic vanilla. Havmor has always worked on the principle of “ACHHAI SACHAI SAFAI” which means ‘Goodness, Truthfulness and Purity’. However on 23rd November, 2017 Havmor sold its ice cream business to South Korea’s Lotte Confectionery for Rs. 1020 crores. Now on the ice cream business will be continued by Lotte in India. Havmor still operates its chain of restaurants and eateries in Gujarat and even the Huber and Holly café is operated under it.

Food Products:
Havmor has not only specialized in ice creams but it further has set a benchmark in fast food serving and cuisines at its restaurants. The well-known specialties include Chana Puri, Stuffed Ravioli and baked Spinach and cheese dumplings, Dal Makhani, Tabasco and BBQ Paneer Pizza and many more delicacies. Customers are served with premium quality of starters, sizzlers, stone fried pizzas, soups, world cuisines and the list is on.

Other Restaurants:
Havmor has a diversified food basket comprising of 160 different variety of  ice cream and eatery items or ready to eat products. It is one of the youngest professionalized ice cream parlor. Havmor also other restaurants under it  namely Huber n Holly and 1944.

Huber and Holy :
It stands for its fresh, delicious and handmade ice cream. They provide a wide variety of flavor. It also explore the idea that how can an ice cream can also be a fashionable product to serve. There is no deceit involved here as this ice cream boutique promises to provide the sweet taste of flavor with pure milk ice creams and freshest of eggless desserts, without any premixes or even gelatin. This is their second outlet in the country, the first one being in Ahmedabad.

1944 Restaurant by Havmor :
1944 is a chain of havmor, before coming to ahmedabad  it was in Karachi, serving the NORTH INDIAN CUISINE. The restaurant is perfect blend of modern architecture with a subtle 1940 décor, maintained by its originality of taste .1944  adds up innovation to  the Indian cuisine. Havmor is a signature restaurant.

It has been 70 years to the company to come into existence.

Franchise Model :
Havmor eatery: Havmor has about 51 eateries and over 40000 distributors. They not only provide with ice creams now they have move a bit ahead and also serve the chola puri and other food.

Havmor hav funn: Havmor has about 2000 parlors which is first priority of most of the people choosing an ice cream brand as it is one of the most trusted brand in taste. Havmor hav funn has taken in most of the customers in their brand.

Expansion:
On March 2017, Havmor planned an investment of around 200 crore rupees in order to expand in North and South Indian Markets. Havmor currently operates in 14 states which are largely in West, Southwest and Middle East India. The investment will ensure on doubling up the production capacity of the firm to 1 lakh litres per day and will help company step outside Gujarat for production purpose. The investment will be divided into two segments for creating a production unit in Faridabad to cater north Indian markets and other in a South Indian region. The expansion aimed at increasing the turnover from 400 crore to 1000 crore by 2020.

Acquisition:
The deal with South Korean company Lotte was initiated for investment for expansion but at last it resulted in 100% acquisition of Havmor by the firm. The very famous confectionary company took over Havmor to increase its market in India. Lotte confectionery is a part of Lotte group of companies dealing in Food and Beverage Industry. On 23th November, 2017 the deal closed at 1020 crore which is 2.5 times the worth of Havmor. Managing director Ankit Chona said that “He trusts Lotte Company as it will take Havmor ahead. The deal was made at 100% employee retaining condition which shows that Havmor is not just a company to Ankit Chona but it is a family created in last 73 years. Only the ice cream segment that is Havmor Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd. has been sold but the fast food chain and restaurant segment that is Havmor Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. will be still operated by Havmor.

Advertising:
Havmor is known for one of the most creative advertisement campaigns where two of its short film campaigns namely RJ and The 12th Man portray the idea of Goodness the World Deserves expressing their quality standard and how company looks forward on serving the same to the world. Both these advertisements have been remarked as creative advertisements by Campaign Of The World organization. Further to promote their existence as one and only non-dairy ice cream company with 100% milk ice cream production in Indian ice cream market they have come forward with the Cool Gaiz Ad campaign where two cows eat make and breathe ice cream. This suggests that company makes pure milk ice cream under #MadeofMilk. The ad campaign was designed by Creativeland Company known for creative and influential advertisements. And to gain confidence of customers Havmor under the #TheCoolestsummerjob invites consumers to create and experiment flavors of ice cream with the company.

Awards:
Havmor was awarded as Best Ice Cream of the Year in Casual Dining Award in ‘Times Now Awards 2017’. This was 9th consecutive time that Havmor was given an award for the best ice cream by Times Now Awards. Additional to this Havmor was also awarded for Best Ice Cream in Fine dining for its new premium restaurant ‘Huber & Holly’. Havmor even won awards such as ‘Best in class and Gold’ for category ‘Most innovative ice creams, ‘Silver’ for category Best Chocolate Ice cream, and ‘Best in class and Gold’ for category Kool Kid in “The Great Indian Ice Cream Contest 2016” held by Danisco Dupont in Delhi.